It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.

J.F.K.

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Oceans - "The Sea is Us, and to defile the Sea is to defile ourselves."

I've got to say that getting furling jibs are very nice, as long as nothing goes wrong. It's faster to roll them up, and less effort, than dropping them and packing them up when not needed. If you get one, you'll spend more time sailing and less wrestling with canvas.

The one caveat is to make sure your furler can handle your sail size - if you get one smaller than for your sail, it can be hard to furl it in a breeze, as well as putting more stress on the components than it can handle.

Just a comment on the furling jib.
As nice as they are, I really do not see the benefit on a 22 foot boat with the cost involved. For a boat that size, the headsail is probably going to be completely out, or completely doused in any sailing condition. The only time savings would be not having to hank on, or fold up the sail, which takes a total of what..30 minutes max?
I'd spend the money to replace ALL the rigging (as previously mentioned) since nothing trumps safety, and upgrade those cushions. Sailing is a lot more fun when you're comfy.
If you're sailing solo, and need to douse the headsail in a hurry, just "lock" the tiller in place with a bungee cord setup or some other jury-rig..theres plenty of ideas out there. You can run forward and tie everything out of the way, then neaten up back at the dock.